Carte photographique de la lune, planche XIV.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XIV.A)
August 27, 1902, printed 1914
Artist, French, 1865 - 1933
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Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 31.1 × 25.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
plate: 38.9 × 29.5 cm (15 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
sheet: 49 × 37.9 cm (19 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.22.1.38
Associated Artworks
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Carte photographique de la lune, planche XII.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XII.A)
Charles Le Morvan
1908
Carte photographique de la lune, planche I (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate I)
Charles Le Morvan
1909
Carte photographique de la lune, planche VI (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate VI)
Charles Le Morvan
1901
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Rick Watson, London); NGA purchase, 2018.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2019
By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
top center in plate mark typed in black ink: CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE / Par C. Le Morvan; top left: Facteur d’Agrand. t. 6,0; top right: PL.XIV.A.; across bottom: 1902 Août 27 16h 24m 39s T.M. de Paris Négatif Obtenu au Gd. Equatorial Coudé de l’Observatoire de Paris Diamètre lunaire 1m, 04; bottom center: LIMITES { EN LONG. 25° à 55° E. / EN LAT. 0° à 35° N. / Héliog. L. Massard, Paris.